5. ETHYL-BENZENE REACH CONSORTIUM

5.5. Benefits of contacting SPA

There are several important reasons to inform SPA of the intent to pre-register and subsequently, to possibly register styrene or ethyl-benzene, and/or to inform SPA of their uses, including:

• The time allocated by the REACH Regulation for the organisation of the consortia and its relationship with the respective SIEF is very short; by proactively notifying SPA of their interest, non-SPA member companies will benefit from better preparation;
• If M/I, DU or Data Owners have physico-chemical, toxicological or eco-toxicological data on styrene or ethyl-benzene, these data can be more readily incorporated into the existing database of studies lowering the overall cost by allowing an earlier decision not to undertake additional testing, thereby avoiding testing whenever possible and in accordance with guidelines;
• Begin work as soon as possible to establish "sameness" of the substances added to the SIEF (see RIP 3.10 for details).

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